A man was shot 16 times and walked into a hospital two miles away

CNN ^ | 10/25/2019 | Paul P. Murphy, CNN

[Responsibility2nd]

Philadelphia Police Department spokesman Sgt. Eric Gripp told CNN the man was shot:

 

• five times on his right side;
• two times in his left hip;
• three times in his upper chest;
• once in his right shoulder;
• once in the right side of his neck;
• three times on his left forearm;
• and once on his right forearm.

[Responsibility2nd]

Just a flesh wound.

[HangnJudge]

Somebody needs more range time...

[BenLurkin]

Whatever it was, it didnt start with the number 4...

[Rashputin]

"Police say it's unclear why he was shot so many times. They haven't been able to interview him yet."

Girl Scout Cookies sales turf battle?

[MeganC]

He must be a Marine!!!

[Responsibility2nd]

Or a bigger caliber.

[OKSooner]

Inquiring Mind (tm) want to know...

Shot with WHAT?

A firearm seems to be left for the reader to infer, but what caliber firearm?

Just for academic interest, mind you.

[dfwgator]

“If you shoot him, you’ll just make him mad.”

[SuperLuminal]

Just a guess... He was limping somewhat? Was he out of breath from the 2-mile walk?

Then, the guy also survived the 90-minute ER wait and then the 90-minutes of filling out the forms?

What a guy!

[BenLurkin]

Remenee taking the cap off the bottom of bic pens and removing the point and ink? Left a tube, tapered at one end.

Perfect for spitpaper blowgun.

One of those maybe.

[Gay State Conservative]

I worked in a big city ER for years and I can guarantee that this is quite “atypical”.

[Seruzawa]

Unlikeky that it was a 44mag.

[Cicero]

The article says: “Investigators found large caliber shell casings at the scene.” Probably .45 or thereabouts, I would guess.

[simpson96]

“”Police say it’s unclear why he was shot so many times.”

Because they ran out of bullets.

[miliantnutcase]

The best ones are the ghetto pals do a drive in and dump off at the ER entrance.

[MrEdd]

He started to drink
You could tell he was thinkin’
There’ll be a showdown soon

[DIRTYSECRET]

One guy had 5 bullets IN HIS HEAD and complained of a headache. It happened right during the time of the RFK assassination.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

A stubborn kind of guy.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Police say it’s unclear why he was shot so many times.”

I’m gonna guess that he kept coming at them. Did HE get off any shots, I wonder?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Police say it’s unclear why he was shot so many times.”

From the same genre as "Police say it's unclear why Mohammad ran down ten people with his car."